Critical Reading Skills

ISBN: 9789671710333

Alauyah Johari was an Associate Professor at the Language Studies Department, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah.

Bawani Selvaraj is a Senior Lecturer at the Language Studies Department, University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah.

Key Features
•  Provides organised and concise notes to promote students’ understanding
   of critical reading and thinking skills
•  Comprises a wide range of examples that are contemporary, relevant and
   interesting to illustrate the skills taught
•  Self-checks and ample tests at the end of each chapter to gauge students’  
   mastery of the skills learnt
•  Includes suggested answers to help students monitor their understanding
   of the topics

This book is designed to promote and enhance critical reading and thinking skills for academic reading courses at tertiary level.  

    It contains seven chapters which include general reading strategies, contextual and word structural analysis; identifying topics, stated main ideas and implied main ideas; analysing supporting details; making inferences and drawing conclusions; identifying deductive and inductive reasoning and assumptions in arguments; identifying purpose, tone, audience and bias as well as  analysing arguments.

   The content outlined above focus on strengthening and reinforcing critical reading skills to better understand and interpret academic texts. As such, it is a useful resource and the systematic presentation is practical for students who aspire to be self-regulated, independent learners.